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Volume XVII. No. 29.
Hertford, Perquimans County, NortECarolina, Friday, July 21, 1950.
Section On Do: J Issb For
ds To Da Cj lite lis k
Sum
Of $165,000 Being
Sought For Building
fc Program For County
" Wheels were placed in motion here
. this week for the calling of a special
. election, at a date sometime in late
October or early November, in order
. for j the resident ; of ' Perquimana
County to determine- if Bonds in the
amount of 1166,000 shall be issued to
complete the county's school building
program. :.. - . .
' Members of the County Board of
t Commissioners and Board of Educa
tlon agreed, at a Special meeting Mon
day, that petitions requesting the call
, lng of the election be circulated
n throughout , the county. At least 15
! . per cent of the qualified voters of
' the county must sign the petition in
order for the election to be called.
' John T. Biggers, County 'School Su-
I tj ' perintendent, J. A. White, chairman of
- the Board of Education and Mrs. T.
P. Brinn, Board member, met with the
County Board. They pointed out that
: -the amount to be requested through
the bond issue will be used to pay for
the construction of classrooms and
. : lunchrooms to complete the consolida
' , tion plans of the Board of Education.
. - One item, covered in the election,
' will be the sum of $12,000 for the con
' j struction of a County Library, which,
. , of course, is not conected with the
1 ' Board of Education.
According to figures submitted by
, Educational Chairman White, the
. funds being requested will be spent
on the following projects: construe
tion of five classrooms and heating
H plant at Hertford colored school, $65,-
000; construction of a lunchroom at
Hertford Grammar (School and Per
quimans t Central Grammar - School,
. .$H600 each of these buildings to
cost jjmt onsteuctipn,of ; jth?ee;
' adUonarcUssrooms'fof WiniaU
Ji groW iSchool,"' $16,000; ' equipment for
. v achoc-l, $12,000;, architect's fees, $6
000; construction of jQountv Library,
. l 112,000. .M' :-'
' ' questing the election to determine the
,, t issue, whether W not such bondj are
to be issued, will be drawn and circui
f lated immediately, Mr. Biggers stated,
i . The building program of the Board
1 of Education got underway this year
when the State allocated $31,1,000 to!
, this county for building purposes.
Or this sum $114,000 was used in the
; construction of the Vocational. Bund
ling at Perquimans High School and
the remainder, along with $40,000 sup'
, ; plied from County surplus funds, will
he used in the . construction of the
Union School foi Negroes at Winf all.
These two projects will have used
' all funds available for construction,
and the Board of Education is seek
ing the additional $165,000 in order to
. complete its entire, program of con
solidation and providing complete fa
,: i cilities for both, white and colored
children. , ,,- ,
Details as to plans , for financing
. the bond issus and repayment will
be worked out and announced to the
puolic prior to the election. However,
w" in ft discussion: of the plan, it was
stated that repayment of the bonds
will proSably cover ft ' period of ,26
. I years, with a certain amount being re-
tired each year. , ,
Delinquents Face
Court ' Action , Soon
' A ' number of Perquimans County
residents, who in past years, have fail
ed to comply with the law by listing
property and poll for taxes, will face
court action, it was announced today
by the Board of County Commission
ers, i , i ' '
Action taken by the Board in specfal
session on Monday, authorized that
names of all delinquent listers be
turned over-to the Becorder's Court
Solicitor for prosecuting after August
1, 1950. Delinquent listers are notified
they can save embarrassment and
court penalties biiating property and
poll with the register of Deeds bfore
August 1. 4 .
THIS VMS
HEADLINES
President Truman, in a message to
Congress on Wednesday, requested
an appropriation of 10 billion dollars
to provide men and materials for the
war in Korea. He did not ask for
rationing or price controls, but stated
that he will ask' for these measures
unless voluntary controls maintain
reasonable levels. He requested that
Congress lift the ban on the size of
the armed forces, and delegated au
thority to Secretary of Defense to call
out for active duty national guard
units and member; of the armed forces
reserves. The message, a 6,500 word
iocument included a report on the
Korean situation up to date.
Good news was reported from Ko
rea on Wednesday, for the first time
since the . Reds Invaded South Korea
and American , forces undertook the
fob of maintaining South Korean in-
denendence.- The Red forces were
halted near Taejon Tuesday, and re
pottjrstated thatanAbiHty of the tteds
to get tanks and -artillery across tne
Kuntf River. In face 'of American fire
and heavy strikes by U. S. lAir Forces,
was the factor in stalling tne Ked
drive. U. S, forces also made an un
opposed landing on the east coast o:
Korea Tuesday and this force, accord
ing to reports, advanced seven miles
inland. The landing was made with
aid of fleet and planes giving a pro
tective cover. '"
fleorpization Of
Local Draft Board
Seen As Necessity
Present Board Incom
plete; No Orders On
Record Here
President Truman ordered tighten
ed credit control on housing this
week, and urgd conservation of build
ing materials for use in defense work,
The President's order tightening loans
for housing is expected to apply a
braketo the record-smashing housing
construction now going on through
out Ihe nation.
Local Firm Moves -Into
, New" Quarters
The week of July 22 through July
29 has been set as the date of open
house for Harrell Gas and. Coal Com
pany, according to Charles M. Harrell,
' owner, who stated that the company is
celebrating its removal into - newly
constructed quarters next to- Perquim
ans; High School, ' -
'a The local firm moved last week Into
its beautiful and spacious new build
ing which will serve as sales and show
room, in addition, as office, .for the
comnary. -v..
favors and free gifts will be award
ed .during the week, Mr. Harrell said,
' to- all persons visit?ng tha company's
' new building. ;J A special or is also
fcelng made to individuals registering
at the company office .during open
house wee. , j. . .
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wT.ilife Club To
licet SafcrJayj Nfc!:t
Charles Henc, President of the Ver
imans County 7UlUfe Club has ci"l
1 a meeting for fiaturiay, July J 2,
m P. HL, at the Couit -House. Lt
' v- rview with Kr. Hanc, he k -'
. Ill be a mee'r to .'v..
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Despite expenditures, which have
run into billions -of dollars, that the
United), States has poured into other
nations of the' world to' bolster their
economic and military .resources, ' few
of these nations; have volunteered to
send troops into' Korea' to assist, the
tinited States, which i acting under
and for the United Nations. t The.UN
Secretary- late last week requested
all UN members to f atnd troops to
Korea and requested a reply to his
message, Thus iar; according to re
ports, only England and Argentina
nave given favorable- replies.- : Some
UN member, nations . have s. reported
themselves: as unable to supply man
power, f , "' ' ' '
The war situatidn has continued" ai
cause for price increases In many!
commodities during the past weel.
Cotton and wool marnets advanced SS
did sugar, bread, shortening and many
other items. GOP Congressmen aaYe
called for voluntary controls on prices'
but it appears . likely . that unless
Aside from orders to seek office
space for reactivation of the Perquim
ans Draft Board, no additional news
concerning selective service action has
been released this week. However,
a check made Tuesday revealed that
the local board faces complete reor
ganization before it can start func
tioning.
The Perquimans Board had two
members at the time it was piaced
on the inactive list last year, but W.
T. Elliott told this reporter that he
had tendered his resignation some
time ago. That left Thad Chappell
as the only member of the local board
and it was reported that he also has
resigned but this report has not been
confirmed.
It appears that at least two mem
bers and possibly three, must be ap
pointed before the Perquimans Board
is ready to function again under the
new selective service orders.
Appointment of draft board mem
bers is made by the clerk of court,
superintendent of schools and chair
man of the board of elections.
As yet this county has not received
a draft call, and possibly will not un
til the board is completely reorganiz
ed. No records are available as to
the number of county youths classi
fied as 1-A, since all records of the
local board were transferred to Eliza
beth City last year. However, it is
believed that a number of local youths
'are classified a 1-A and will face in
duction under the selective service
procedure. According to reports al
ready released this procedure will be
f6-the board to order men in 1-A, be
tween 25 and 26, then move down
into the 24 year old group through
19. Youths, 18 years old, will not be
inducted under the present law.
' Meanwhite a reminder is issued to
all youths that they are required to
register for the draft within five days
after reaching their 18th birthday.
Youths may register at the office of
Public Welfare, located in the Court
5 Cents Per Copy
To Superior Court
After Trial Tuesday
Eleven Other Cases
Handled By County
Court This Week
Dennis Forbes, 22 year old Eliza
beth City youth, charged with a num
ber of crimes, committed in the Beech
Springs section of this county on the
afternoon of July 3, last, was given a
hearing in Recorder's Court Tuesday
morning before Judge Cfeas. E. John
son. The hearing Tuesday was on
two counts that of breaking and en
tering the. home of Annie Thatch,
Negro, and larceny of jewelry, valued
at less than $50.
After hearing evidence presented by
the -State Judge Johnson returned a
verdict of probable cause on the
charge of breaking and entering, and
a verdict of guilty of the charge of
larceny. Forbes was sentenced to the
roads for a period of time until the
October term of Superior Court con
venes on the larceny count, and or
dered held i for action by Superior
Court on- the breaking and entering
charge.
Just prior to the hearing of the evi
dence in the case, Forbes entered a
plea of guilty to both charges, but it
was then discovered that he was rep
resented by Robert Lowery, Elizabeth
City attorney', and the hearing con
tinued. Lowery noted an appeal to
the road sentence in. order, that the
youth -could remain in the local jail
until a trial was conducted in Super
ior Court. Hearings on the charges
against Forbes were waived, however,
State's evidence was given , for the
benefit of the defendant. Judge John
son set Bond at $3,000 on five charges
which the youth will lace in Superior
Court.
In addition to the two charges list
ed above, Forbes is charged with lar
ceny of a car owned by Freeland El
Hott, breaking-entering the home of
Tnlmadare .Stallinars. assaulting with a
deadhr- weapon to Mrs. Talmadgeji'
nutuxnga, larueuy ui a nui gun uwn-
ed by. Horace Layden.
Testifying "for the State Tuesday,
in addition to Annie Thatch were An
derson Layden, Talmadge Stalhngs,
Auop
t Annual Budget
And Set County Tax Rate At $1.65
Swim Class Open
For Enrollment
Children interested in enrolling in
the Red Cross swimming classes, be
ing conducted daily at Harvey Point,
are, requested to contact Bob Jordan,
Swimming Instructor, at the Town
lot, on Grubb Street, at 9 A. M., or
1 P. M., each day, it was announced
today.
When opened a few weeks ag(
the swimming classes had so many-
children enro led that it was neces
sary to halt em oilmen t for the time
being. The advancement of gome o
these children now make it possible to
enroll additional children in the class.
Jordan also announced that a class
for intermediate swimmers will be
started next week and those desiring
to join the class are asked to contact
him before next Monday.
Rotarians Hear
Talk On Russian
Economic System
House. It is extreinelv important that i Mrs. Talmadge Stallings, Mrs. Free-
all vouths who should register, and land Elliott, Noah Felton, Jr., Marion
bnv not Hone so. to comolv with the Copeland, Hugh Harrell and Willie
law immediately. I (Continued on Page Ten)
Board Of Education Lets Contract For
Construction Of Negro Union School
Building Is At Winf all
To Start Next Week
Under Direction Of
Dunn Firm
Members of the Perquimans County
Board of Education, meeting in a
snecial session here last Thursday af
ternoon, awarded a contract for the
erection of a Union School for Negroes
at Winfall to O. W. Godwin of Dunn.
Contracts : for the plumbing and
heating work were awarded to the
New Home Appliance Company of
Elizabeth City nd the contracts for,
the electrical work went to Mace
Electrical IComnany of Sanfdrd.
:t fiids for the -contsruction of the
building were opened by the Board
on June 80, but have been under stuoy
since that, date until final agreement
was reached last week.
The bid submitted by the Godwin
firm for general construction amount
ed to $183,808: the bids for the New
Home Appliance" Company for plumb
ing and heating' amounted to $30,000
and the bid for the Mace Company
was $6,341. ' Total costs: of the build-
prices level out or downward, some.ino- including the architect's fee and
type of controls wflTBe orderedV
Dos Vaccination A
Schedule; Released: ;;
i G. G uck Perquimans County Ra
bies Inspector. ; announced . today -.that
vaccination of dogs here ta turn under
way, and he issued a -warning to all
dog owners to comply with the State
law ' by haying dogs .vaccinated im
mediately. - i :, ' 11
A schedule,: released by Mr, Buck
is .: published elsewhere ; In. this Issue
cf this newspaper, giving dates and
locations for vaccinations. Dog owners
are requested to take animals to one
f the c'Icb at time given. " r
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tile coss of installing a water, tower,
which' is not included in the general
contract, will be approximately $241,-
600. f i 'X'.F-wtP: ' r
.Construction of the building will be
started immediately, it was reported
by J. T. Bigger!) County Superinten
dent of Schools, who stated that the
general contractor announced that he
will start moving materials to the site
near Winfall this week. !'(
The contract for the building cans
for 19 classrooms, for . use of high.
school and elementary students, a lib
rary, cafeteria and a combination au
ditorium and gym, a kitchen and, rest
rooms. , . , i .
The new building will be construct
ed upon the present site of the Per-J
quintans Training School, on the Bel-,
videre highway, at the - western edge
of Winfall. i
. Construction of the building is to be
coi-'eted . t .ime nc-x year, - fa
f - - f-r tie school for the t t
Officers Installed
For Lioness Club
The Hertford Lioness Club held its
regular, monthly meeting, Friday
night, July 14, at the Hotel Hertford.
Following a short business meeting,
the President, Lioness Ruby White,
introduced Lion Archie Lane who took
charge of the installation of new of
ficers for the year July 1950-51. Of
ficers for. the coming year are as fol
lows: President, Lioness Anna Lee
McGoOgan; First Vive-presiderit, Lion
ess Edna Eley; 'Second Vice-president,
Lioness Katherine Biggers; Third
Vice-president, Lioness Lillie Vann;
Secretary-Treasurer, Lioness Minnie
Wilma Htirdle; Lion Tamer, Lioness
Lula Mae Ward; Tail Twister, Lion
ess Sallie Lane; Directors, 2 , years,
Lioness Helen Woodard and Lioness
Margaret . Lane; Directors, 1 year,
Lioness Delia Mae Long and Lioness
Jessie Cox. i Lion Lane presented the
gavel to Lioness MoGoogan who then
toi k .charge of the meeting, and made
committee appointments for1 the com
ing year, v,7 V ' v; -,i ;
Lioness White was presented a past-
president's pin, and, as an expression
of, their appreciation for her leader
ship': during the i past year, the club
members' presented Lioness White
with? a tlovely compact bearing 'the
Lions emblem. ; xne ciuo aiso was
the recipient of a gift, a Tail Twister's
bank in the shape of a Lion, present
ed by the past-president
Local Legion (Post
Met Thursday1 Nijht
- Tta T7nu- Paul fitallingfl Post of the
American Legion met Thursday night,
July 20, at eight o'clock at the Agri
culture' Building in Hertford. ' i
This meeting was scheduled S" a
regular session for the post, in l...e
with a i 'an adopted whereby the Leg-.
ioan'.: i mil meet twice mor..' dur
ing f ie. summer months in an Tfort
to b-"i up the post memte .ip, it
ras rc-iru ty Charles C-imer, Jr
? t AJat, i. u v , v
Members of the Hertford Rotary
Club held their regular meeting at
the Bethel Community House last
Tuesday night and had as a guest
speaker Earl Sikes, professor of eco
nomics at Dartmouth College.
Dr. Sikes, who has made exten
sive studies of economic systems of
nations of the world, gave the Ro
tarians a brief but very interesting
talk on the Russian economy. He
tcld the local civic club members that
latest figures released by the Rus-
jsians on production showed that the
United States outproduces Russia on
many items such as steel, oiljjmd
other war potentials but while the
U. 'S. production i far ahead of Rus
si a, the Soviet uses practically all of
its production for war and very little
r consumer material,' while the op
posite is true of the United States.
In opening his talk Dr. Sikes said
that Communism has never been free
ly adopted by any nation in the
world; that it has gained its control
over many of the Balkan nations
since World War II because of con
ditions growing out of that war, and
due to corrupt governments before
Russia used its methods in gaining
control of the police and war depart
ments of those countries. He added
that even within the Politburo of Rus
sia there is no democracy and none
within the Communist party.
He stated that while the Russians
have released no figures since 1940 on
production of materials, they have
reported percentage increases since
that year, and economists use these
increases along with figures for 1940
to ascertain Russian production fig
ures for the present day. He added,
however, that no one knows positive
ly that these figures are correct be
cause the Russians have never per
mitted an inspection or check of their
figures and factories.
He. pointed out that under Com
munism Deonle have no freedom of
speech, religion or the press, andre
lated that one reason the Politburo
forbids American newspapers into
Russia is due to the advertisements
carried in TJ. S. papers showing con
sumer goods at pnees far lower than
those in Russia.
The club will meet again next Tues
day night at the Bethel Community
House at 6:15 P. M. .
Total Of Budget For
Year About Same As
Last Year; Valuation
Set At $7,128,028
Commissioners for Perquimans
County, meeting in special session
here last Monday, adopted a budget
for the fiscal year and set the coun
ty tax rate at $1.65 per hundred dol
lar valuation. This tax rate is the
same as last year.
Final valuation figures for the
county, as reported by J. W. Ward,
county tax supervisor, revealed that
the decrease in valuation was not as
severe as estimates indicated. A large
loss in valuation was recorded for
Hertford Township, but other Town
ships did not decline in proportion.
The total property valuation for the
county was listed at $7,128,028, with
this amount not including the pro
perty of some corporations operating
within the county.
This fact, along with the Board of
Education budget being reduced, en
abled the Commissioners to adopt a
budget for the year permitting the
tax rate to remain the same.
According to the budget, the follow
ing tax levy will be made for the vari
ous county funds: General County
Fund, Extension Service and Health
Department, 50c; Poor Fund, 12c;
Debt Service, 50c; School Fund, 33c;
Old Age Assistance, 8c; Aid to Depen
dent Children, 5c; Welfare Admini
stration, 7c.
The tax levy, based upon the valua
tion figures reported, will amount to
approximately $120,000. This sum will
be supplemented from funds received
from the State such as intangible
taxes, beer and wine taxes, court
costs and fines, and forfeitures, the
atter of which are paid into the school
fund.
In adopting the budget for the year,
and in order to maintain the $1.65
tax rate, the Commissioners denied
requests for a number of increases in
appropriations requested by the Farm
Extension Service, Welfare Depart
ment and the Health Department.
'Changes made in the tax levy were:
the county fund was advanced five
cents, school fund reduced five cents,
poor fund advanced two cents, old age
assistance fund decreased one cent
and welfare administration raised one
cent. Thus three of the departments
were increased the total of six cents,
vhile two departments were decreased
the same amount.
The" budget was prepared and pre
ceded to the Board by W. F. C. Ed
wards, County Accountant.
Lions Committees
Named By President
New Assistant Home
Agent Is Employed
Miss Martha Barnett of Henderson
County has been named as new as
sistant home agent for Perquimans
and Chowan counties, it was announc
ed this week. Miss Barnett will suc
ceed Miss Lillian Swinson, who will
assume the duties as home agent in
Onslow County August 1.
Miss Barnett comes to her new job
highly recommended. She is a grad
uate f Georgia State College lor
Women,, with a degree in nome eco
nomics. She did graduate work at
the University of Tennessee, and has
had two years experience as teacher
of home economics, seven years with
the' Farm Security Administration,
seven year with . the. Public- Welfare
Department and two years with the
State school lunchroom program.
, "p. . .in ..i ,
Amy Recruiters
OnFullScKediile:
Army and Air Force recruiting sta
tions throughout the State have been
directed to remain opes on Saturdays,
Sundays and holidays, Sgt Paul R.
Fisher, head of the lArmy and Air
Force recruiting station revealed this
week.- r - ' - '
Members of the various committees,
which will operate within the Hert
ford Lions Club, during the coming
year, were announced today by the
Club's president, Clinton Eley.
The twenty one committees of the
club have been divided into three sec
tions with J. T. Biggers, I. C. Yagel
and F.'A. McGoogan serving as chair
men of the sections.
Committees under the chairmanship
of J. T. Biggers are: Attendance, J.
S. Bass, Charles Harrell, Luther Sit-
terson; Constitution: R. R. White, A.
T. Lane, Claude White; Convention:
A. T. Lane, Norman Trueblood, J. S.
Bass; Finance: C. R. Vann, I. C.
Yagel, A. H. Edwards; Lions Educa
tion: Norman Trueblood, Hallett Ev
ans. W. :S. Long; Membership: Bill
Cox, Paul Fisher, Jarvis Ward; Pro
gram: J. T. Biggers, G. C. Buck, F.
A. McGoogan.
The group under I. C. Yagel are:
Publicity, Thurman White, H. T. Hol
lowelL W. S. Long; Agriculture, I. C.
Yagel, F, A. McGoogan,- C. R. Vann;
Food, A. H. Edwards, .Tom Byrum,
Bill Cox; Initiation, I. C Yagel, G. C.
Buck, P. A. McGoogan; Boys and i
Girls Work, Robert Elliott, E. L. Top
ping, B. L. Gibbs; Citizenship, Hallett -Evans,
-Edward Barber, Tom Cox;
Civic Improvements, G. C. Buck, F.
R. Evans, Earl Goodwin.
F, A. McGoogan's group consists of "
Community Betterment, Charles Har
rell, H. Ty HollowelL Walter Nowell; ,
Education, E. C Woodard, G. C Buck, J
J, Ti Biggers; Health - and Welfare, , ,"
Jarvis Ward, Claude White,vW. W.
Trueblood; Safety, Paul Fisher, J. .T. "
serration and Blind, Dr. I. A. Ward, -
Biggers, E, C, Woodard; Sight On-
J. T. Lane, Charles Wflliford; United
Nations, B. L. Gibbs, E. Lr Topping, ,
Tom Cox? Greeter Rev. B. O. MerrittJ ',
Charles WUliford and R.-R. White. , A
. BIRTH ASNOUNCEMEISTi
,Mr. and Mrs. Craton Stephens, Tfi
of Garner annaonce the birth of a aott j
born Tuesday, June T8. 1